Qin Yu was devastated upon learning of her father's illness.
As if suddenly realizing something, he knelt down beside Qin Ze's hospital bed and burst into tears.
"I'm sorry, Dad. I'm unfilial and deserve to die. I've ruined your life's work. I'm sorry to you and Mom."
Qin Ze wanted to say it was okay, his father didn't care about material things, as long as he could cheer up and live a good life, it would be fine to be an ordinary person for the rest of his life.
But he could no longer speak.
Qin Yu grasped his hand, tears streaming down her face, her eyes filled with pain and confusion.
"Dad, I... am I sick? There are many things I don't want to do, but I can't control myself. I don't know what's wrong with me."
"Yes, I must be sick. I'm sick. I'll take medicine and I'll feel better."
"Dad, don't worry, I'll feel better after I take my medicine. I still want to take care of you, so please don't leave me alone."
Qin Yu grabbed a few bottles of medicine haphazardly and poured them into his mouth. Qin Ze felt like his heart was being torn apart, but he could only watch helplessly while wearing a breathing mask.
He struggled for a while, then slowly moved to the edge of the bed and pulled the distress rope.
When the nurses who heard the cries for help arrived, Qin Yu was already foaming at the mouth and unconscious.
Qin Yu eventually died from drug poisoning.
Upon learning of his son's death, Qin Ze coughed up blood, and his electrocardiogram showed a flat line.
On the same day, Shao Hanjiang and Ruan Xue held their wedding of the century, with Shao An'an dressed in a little suit and serving as her parents' flower girl.
Everyone praised them as a perfect match, and their handsome and adorable child made them the envy of everyone.
"Holy crap, this is such a huge loss!" Fu Gui exclaimed in disbelief. "How much money must we have lost in total?"
Fu Gui's first reaction was to feel sorry for the money.
Qi An seemed to be deep in thought; Qin Yu's behavior was out of control, which was something to be aware of.
"I'll take this job, Mr. Qin. Please wait here."
After the familiar feeling of weightlessness subsided, Qi An opened her eyes; she was sitting on the sofa.
"Dad, this is Ruan Xue, the person I love, and I want to marry her."
Qi An looked at his eldest son. The young man was handsome, with clear eyes and a gentle and refined demeanor. He seemed like a good child no matter how you looked at him.
Qi An shifted his gaze, speechless. This was the female lead, Ruan Xue?
As for her looks, she's just average-looking, at best a pretty girl from a modest family, with a kind of foolish beauty that comes from a lack of brainstem.
The protagonist's aura was so dazzling it almost blinded her.
Fu Gui immediately shouted, "What the heck? This is the female lead? I thought she'd be so beautiful. Is this all? She's not even as good as me."
"She doesn't even dare to compare herself to you. How dare she?"
This world is just an ordinary lower plane, and the mission is very simple, requiring not many people.
Qi An originally intended to come alone, but Fu Gui found it boring to be with the two children and insisted on coming along.
So Ata and Little Yin didn't come along.
"Boss, can Xiao Yin and I go out to play if we're bored? I promise to keep a close eye on Xiao Yin and we'll never go to any dangerous places. We'll just take her out to eat and stroll around."
"Okay, boss, I'll definitely listen to you and won't cause any trouble."
Qi An thought for a moment and realized that children shouldn't be kept cooped up all the time. They need to go out and broaden their horizons so they won't be easily deceived.
"Okay, but be careful and don't bully others, but don't let others bully you either."
"Okay, thanks, boss."
Therefore, this mission only involved Qi An and Fu Gui, who was just there to watch the excitement.
Ruan Xue appeared well-behaved, but Qi An could still see her haughty attitude and sense of superiority.
She didn't love Qin Yu; she only agreed to marry him to get revenge on Shao Hanjiang. But she still felt that Qin Yu should be grateful to have married her.
Fu Gui also noticed: "Simps have no human rights. How come she has her own spotlight, like a big light bulb?"
Qi An: "If I'm not mistaken, this world is a novel. The male and female protagonists are surrounded by their own halos, and everyone else is either a witness to their beautiful love or cannon fodder."
Because of the protagonist's halo and the world's consciousness, he couldn't escape the limitations of the plot, which is why Qin Yu felt out of control—because he was just cannon fodder.
Fu Gui: "Tsk, that's really unlucky. This is a complete traitor."
The two were complaining in their minds. In Qin Yu and Ruan Xue's eyes, Qin Ze was just sitting on the sofa with a blank expression, looking at this and that, without saying a word.
Ruan Xue was a little annoyed; this old man really knew how to put on airs.
She was the darling of his son, who begged and pleaded to marry her. If it weren't to spite Shao Hanjiang, she wouldn't have agreed to marry Qin Yu.
Qin Yu spoke up, "Dad, why aren't you saying anything? Are you feeling unwell?"
Qi An smiled and said, "Son, come here."
Qin Yu obediently stepped forward and squatted down next to Qi An, who then reached out and pinched his ear.
"I told you to find a good girl to marry, and you found me this blind fool. Are you trying to drive me crazy so you can inherit my estate quickly?"
"Ah, Dad, Dad, it hurts, it hurts..."
Ruan Xue blushed and said with a wronged expression, "Uncle Qin, how could you say that to me?"
Qi An scoffed, "Miss Ruan, a person should know their own limitations. Even if you don't have a mirror, you can still pee, right? Don't you ever look at yourself? Is it wrong to say you're blinded by a ghost?"
"Dad, don't say that about Xiaoxue. She's a simple and good girl. Ah...it hurts."
Qi An grabbed his ear and launched into a three-question barrage: "Yes, good girl."
"She drugged and raped a man, had a child out of wedlock, and then found you, her backup plan, to support her and her son. What a wonderful girl."
Qin Yu's mind cleared for a moment, but he was quickly seduced by a voice: You love her, and you are willing to fight the whole world for her.
Qi An's eyes turned cold. Was this voice the will of the plot?
Ruan Xue burst into tears: "Brother Qin, is that how you see me?"
Just as Qin Yu was about to argue with his father, Qi An slapped him on the forehead. His mind jolted, as if something had been shattered.
Then, Qin Yu felt completely relaxed, and his muddled mind finally cleared up completely.
He looked at the crying Ruan Xue, and the thick filter he usually wore on her disappeared. All he saw was a woman crying horribly.
Just like his father said, he was blinded by ghosts.
Why does he like her?
He longed for the kind of unwavering love his parents had, a love where they could fight side by side and remain loyal to each other.
But ever since he first met Ruan Xue, it was as if he had fallen into a dream, becoming a puppet on a string, living only for her.
Ruan Xue was still crying, trying to get Qin Yu to stand up for her as he always had, and then comfort and appease her.
Qi An coughed lightly, interrupting Qin Yu's self-reflection: "In short, son, I do not agree to you marrying her, dating her is not allowed, and I will not allow it even if I die."
Ruan Xue protested, "Why? What do I lack that makes me unworthy of Qin Yu? He's the one who likes me and begged me to marry him."
"Is it because I gave birth to a child? But An'an calls him Dad, and he says An'an is his biological son."
Qin Yu wanted to speak, but Qi An waved his hand to stop him.
Qi An: "No, it's not because of those things."
Ruan Xue: "Why is that?"
Qi An pointed to the money tree on the coffee table that was slowly dying and said, "See? The money tree died as soon as you entered my house."
Qi An said sincerely, "I'm a businessman, and I'm afraid."
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